/**
 * Copyright (C) 2012-2017 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source
 * Software GmbH
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 *
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 *
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 *
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 */
package org.n52.sos.ogc.sos;

/**
 * Interface for CapabilitiesExtensionProvider. Implementations of this
 * interface are loaded by the {@link CapabilitiesExtensionRepository}.
 * 
 * @since 4.0.0
 * 
 */
public interface CapabilitiesExtensionProvider {

    /**
     * Get the {@link CapabilitiesExtensionKey} for this provider
     * 
     * @return CapabilitiesExtensionKey
     */
    CapabilitiesExtensionKey getCapabilitiesExtensionKey();

    /**
     * Get the {@link CapabilitiesExtension} the provider provides.
     * 
     * @return provided CapabilitiesExtension
     */
    CapabilitiesExtension getExtension();

    /**
     * Does this {@link CapabilitiesExtension} related to a specific service
     * operation
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code>, if service relates to a specific service
     *         operation
     */
    boolean hasRelatedOperation();

    /**
     * Get the specific service operation name this
     * {@link CapabilitiesExtension} relates to.
     * 
     * @return Related service operation name
     */
    String getRelatedOperation();
}